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UN experts call for immediate release of jailed Nobel winner and other rights defenders in Belarus
October 11, 2022
Police-affiliated Telegram channel published video of detained journalists Aliaksandr Lychauka and Sniazhana Inanets
The Svodki tsentra Telegram channel, affiliated with the law enforcers, published a video of detained journalists Aliaksandr Lychauka and Sniazhana Inanets.
October 07, 2022
Ales Bialiatski becomes Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Human rights activist and political prisoner Ales Bialiatski has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The prize was also awarded to the Russian human rights organization Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organization Center for Civil Liberties.
October 07, 2022
CPJ condemns Belarus ‘witch hunt’ after three BelaPAN journalists sentenced to lengthy prison terms
Belarusian authorities must immediately release Andrei Aliaksandrau, Dzmitry Navazhylau, and Iryna Leushyna, three former and current employees of independent Belarusian news agency BelaPAN who were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 4 to 14 years on various charges, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Thursday.
October 07, 2022
Defendants in BelaPAN case sentenced to 4 to 14 years of prison
On 6 October, the Minsk Regional Court announced the sentences for the four defendants in the case of the BelaPAN independent news agency. Political prisoners will have to spend the next few years behind bars.
October 06, 2022
KGB puts political prisoner Andrei Pachobut on “terrorist list”
The State Security Committee of Belarus (KGB) has updated the list of organizations and individuals involved in terrorist activities. At present, there are 922 people on the list, including Andrei Pachobut, a journalist and leader of the Union of Poles in Belarus. He was added to the list on 4 October.
October 06, 2022
Ex-state media journalist Dzmitry Semchanka sentenced to 13 more days of arrest
October 04, 2022
Journalist Ksenia Lutskina sentenced to 8 years in prison
September 28, 2022
Belarusian RFE/RL Journalist Released From Penal Colony, Arrives In Lithuania
September 22, 2022
Journalist Pavel Mazheika recognized as political prisoner
September 20, 2022
«Espionage». Supreme Court changed wording in Katsiaryna Andreyeva’s case while uphelding the verdict
September 20, 2022
Bobruisky Kurier chief editor Anatol Sanatsenka detained
As BAJ learned from Babruisk journalists, Sanatsenka was arrested for 15 days under unascertained circumstances.
September 19, 2022
Remembrance Day for Fallen Journalists of Ukraine marked by exhibition presenting work of media workers during the war in Vilnius
September 16, 2022
Help for the family of Denis Ivashin, a journalist on trial for “treason against the state”
September 15, 2022
Journalist Jauhen Merkis is in detention, searches are underway in connection with his criminal case
September 15, 2022
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